Britain's first (accidental) weather girl: The forecaster who ended up on TV in 1966, was paid £3 a day and ordered to wear clothes to match the conditions outside (but one cheeky viewer wrote in asking when there would be a heatwave)

Hilary, now 79, preceded Barbara Edwards - Britain's first national female forecaster - by eight years when she made her debut aged 22 on Tyne Tees Television in 1966.

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